"I mean, Texas Chainsaw, the shining yeah, it's boring, but yeah. No, it works every time. Oh a third. Well, I'm going to do mine. I'm going to think of my third. You can think of a third. Demon lover diary. Oh, Wow. From 1980, 1981. Like, truly one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. Because we and the audience are led to believe this is a found footage horror movie."
"Nope and specifically for the purposes of this conversation, the chimp sequences. Which are some of the most dreadful movie watching I have encountered because it's very smartly from the point of view of a child. Yeah those sequences and you just don't know what that monkey is going to do. And why is it there. Why is it there. Why is this even in the movie. Why and I love it. I think it's incredible."
Iconic horror films like Texas Chainsaw and The Shining deliver fear through atmosphere, inevitability, and repeated effectiveness. Demon Lover Diary and Rosemary's Baby use deception and audience assumptions, including found-footage framing, to intensify dread. Nope contains chimp sequences that exploit a childlike vantage point, creating constant uncertainty about the animal's intentions. Unsettling, inexplicable moments and the collapse of camaraderie into catastrophe generate sustained terror. Skillful horror relies on perspective, unpredictability, and the insertion of incongruous, disturbing elements that make ordinary situations feel imminently dangerous and uncontrollable.
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